When Empress Matilda landed at Arundel in September 1139, Stephen had her at his mercy. His decision to allow her safe passage to Bristol — reportedly on the chivalric advice of Henry of Blois — was one of the great political mistakes of his reign. Had he captured her, the Anarchy would have ended before it truly began.
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any location in Britain — drawing on Domesday records, scheduled monuments, Victorian OS maps, geological data and archaeological archives to tell the full story of a place.
Research a location near West Sussex